The Hope pioneer., 1887-08-12
WISCONSIN.

The Snow saw mill at Lakeville, Wis, will
probably be removed from that point
A. J. Mccain has about closed out his
lumber yard near Bloomer, Wis, and is
pulling the mill down.
The large warehouse at Black River Falls,
Wis, built by Mason & Ormsby, was
opened for business Friday.
The fifth annual meeting of the veterans
of the Twenty y-eighth Wisconsin volunteers
will be held at Whitewater Sept and s..
The Sherwood forest, 16 miles from
Neillsville has been damaged thousands of
dollars by fire. Saw mills, residences and
everything in the path of the fire were con-
sumed.
At Green Bay, a beer vat in Raho's
brewery, containing Is barrels of boiling
water, exploded Wednesday evening from
unknown cause, and six employees were
scalded to death. 4
The sudden death of Frank W. Bagley, a
respected and prominent farmer Of the
town Of Trenton, Dodge Co., shocked the
community and saddened a host Of friends.
He dies, aged thirty-four years, of typhoid
fever, leaving wife and four children.
The four daughters of Albert Singer of
Wheaton, Chippewa Co., died very sud
denly Saturday They were taken violently
sick, two dying in a few minutes. In a
short time two more were taken sick and
died almost Immediately. The doctor who
was called pronounced it cholera morbus'
At Milwaukee, Monday evening, spon-
taneous combustion in the large rag shops
of Peter Cassel caused disastrous fire
The stock consumed will amount to about
2l,OOO, on which there is an insurance of
about $1,000. Insurance men say the state
insurance commissioner will probably in
vestigate the taking of such risks.
The twenty-third annual meeting of the
Turner's Society of Wisconsin will be held in
Wausau, Aug. Il to Is Three thousand active
turner's are expected. Accommodation for
about three hundred has been secured in
private houses. Scheubert's Park has been
put in excellent shape and Polzers garden
has been greatly improved for this occasion.
At Chicago, "Chet'' Smith the dramatic
agent who was charged with sending girls
to disreputable concert halls at Hurley and
other towns in the Wisconsin pineries.
under the pretense that the places were
respectable country theaters, has been SEN
fenced to, one year in the penitentiary His
motion for new trial was overruled.
Near Chippewa Falls, Monday William
H. Daley was run over and killed by a
freight train on the Wisconsin Central.
Both legs were cut off, the head smashed
and the body otherwise mutilated. Iu his
pockets was found bottle of whisky. He
was unmarried and employed as section
hand. His parents live in Michigan. The
engineer saw him lying on the track too
late to stop.
At Milwaukee, Saturday afternoon large
crowd of people gathered at Wolf g. David
sons ship yard to witness the launch of a
new steam barge. A great many took sta
tions on the dock of the Northwestern Coal
Company and though warned that there
was some danger the crowd took the
chances rather than miss the sight. The
weight and the waves of the launch caused
the dock to give way and hundred or
more were thrown into the water OF this
number four were drowned and thirteen
quite seriously injured. It is supposed that
others were more or less injured but in the
confusion no further reports came to general
notice.
The amount expended on and required to
complete improvements on the various har-
bors in Wisconsin for the year ending June
30, 1887, as shown by the report Of Capt.
Chas. p. s. B. Davis, U. s. Engineer, just
submitted, is as follows: Oconto, S43, 1895;
amount required to complete Improvement,
$lO2, 1000. Menominee, S3OO,O7O; to complete
$1,000. Pensaukee, Sl0,552; to complete,
1000. Green Bay, $272, ,142; to complete,
$35, 900. Harbor of Refuge at entrance of
Sturgeon sS1 re Bay canal, sl6l to complete,
s146,957. Two Rivers, si97, 1864; to complete,
SCI, ,5SS. Manitowoc, $2S1, 1856; to complete,
S16,362. Sheboygan, $274, ,927: to complete,
s97, 600; Port Washington, $l67,0S1 to COM